The Lebanon Plan Commission on Monday approved preliminary plat and development plans for the 602-acre Eli Lilly and Co. pharmaceutical complex on the city’s north side.
Operation Appleseed, an environmental initiative by Worthy Garden Club in partnership with Worthy Brewing, has officially surpassed the half-million mark in their pledge to plant over one million native trees in Oregon, targeting wildfire burn zones and abandoned clear cuts. "During a code red climate emergency, this is a big win for our forests," said Roger Worthington, President of the Worthy Garden Club (WGC). "Despite the triple whammy of the pandemic, the horrific wildfires and the drought, all of which set us back, this year we were able to keep focus, muscle up and triple the number of new trees we put in the ground." The official tree count is now up to 644,269 trees, which include native conifers, evergreens, and deciduous trees. The bulk of the new plantings were in the Deschutes, Willamette and Siuslaw National Forests. The WGC launched Operation Appleseed in 2019 with an investment of $1 million, for the purpose of planting trees to help combat the real
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May 6, 2021 / 10:29 PM EST
LEBANON, Ind. (WISH) Lebanon Little League is fed up with bad fans, and program leaders are promising to ban coaches, spectators and parents for rude behavior.
A message from the Lebanon Little League president said, “We’ve been getting several complaints that coaches, parents, and spectators are being very rude to our umpires.”
Brian Barlow, collegiate soccer referee and founder of the Facebook page Offside, said he applauds the organization for making this move. Offside is a page that features stories from across the country that show bad behavior at youth sporting events.
“There has to be a level of accountability, there has to be. You are going to lose the privilege, it is a privilege, it is a privilege, to get to watch your kid play youth sports in America and if you lose your right because you can’t behave responsibly and appropriately, then yeah I think the punishment should be severe,” said Barlow.
Lebanon Little League Threatens Year-Long Ban For Disrespectful Parents, Fans
LEBANON, Ind. You’ve been hearing about a referee shortage in many different youth sports in Indiana and you know that baseball has been no exception to that problem.
The IHSAA has touched on the fact that they are dealing with an umpire shortage for high school baseball games. They mainly blame the pandemic for the shortage with so many regular umpires opting out of this season.
However, in Lebanon the town’s Little League organization is fed up with heckling from fans, parents, and even coaches. So much so that they have decided to crack down and crack down hard.